Search 4 Free Essays:

Winter Oak - Yuri Nagibin

Below is one of our free research papers on Winter Oak - Yuri Nagibin. If the term paper below is not exactly what you're looking for, you can search our essay database for other topics.
Winter Oak - Yuri Nagibin

frolix

1.a)     Our gut reaction to Winter Oak is that it had a lot of meaning, but was dull and tedious. Some words and phrases we used to relate our thoughts on the story are as follows:
-     Boring.
-     Monotonous.
-     No real conflict.
-     No feeling.
-     No real plot.
-     Didn’t invoke a strong reaction.
-     There was a definite lesson to be learned.

1.b)     Yuri Nagibin used different devices to evoke various reactions in us, some of these were:

The dialogue; it was concise yet boring but realistic for example, when Anna Vasilyevna was trying to teach the children their nouns. “A noun is a part of speech that denotes an object. In grammar an…” (Nagibin 59). Much of this dialogue is unnecessary; we the reader understands what goes on in the classroom, and two pages are not needed to establish nouns. Also, through dialogue Anna proved to be a snob. “’Good morning Anna Vasilyevna!’ Frolov raised his fur hat above his solid, close-cropped head. ‘what are you doing! Put it back on it’s freezing!’ Frolov probably wanted to pull his fur over his eyes himself…” (Nagibin 58). Anna feels as though she is high and mighty, and will not even acknowledge Frolov’s attempt of respect towards her. There were very powerful images present in the forest, such as the gigantic winter oak. The image of Savushkin standing in front of the Winter Oak, in utter awe of its splendor and Anna Vasilyevna realizing the beauty of the winter oak appeals to the sight, because it is easy to pictu...

Login

Join

It's completely free!
Get instant access to all our essays.

Join Now!

Submitted by: 4freeessays
Date Submitted: 07-05-2007
Category: Novels
Words: 1074
Pages: 4.3